2003 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 2003 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January – Toyota launches an all-new Avensis to be built at TMUK.
- 10 January – Ian Carr, a 27-year-old banned from driving with a total of 89 previous convictions (including causing death by dangerous driving), admits causing the death by dangerous driving of a six-year-old girl in Ashington, Northumberland – a crime which sparks widespread public and media outrage across the United Kingdom.[1]
- 14 January – Anti-terrorism detective Stephen Oake is murdered in Crumpsall, Manchester by Islamic terrorist Kamel Bourgass after being stabbed eight times while attempting his arrest.[2]
- 25 January – Central line underground train crashes into the tunnel wall at Chancery Lane tube station in London, injuring 34 people.
- 29 January – Sally Clark, a 38-year-old former solicitor from Cheshire, is released from prison after the Court of Appeal clears her of murdering her two sons, who are believed to have suffered sudden infant death syndrome.[3]
- 30 January – Richard Colvin Reid, the so-called "shoe bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment by a United States court.[4]
- 31 January – One of the longest prison sentences ever issued in a British court for a motoring offence is given to killer driver Ian Carr, who receives a nine-and-a-half-year sentence for causing death by dangerous driving – his second conviction for the crime in twelve years.[5]
February
- 1 February – In Northern Ireland, the Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.
- 15 February – In London, more than 2,000,000 people demonstrate against the Iraq War, the largest demonstration in UK history.[6]
- 17 February – The London congestion charge, a fee levied on motorists travelling within designated parts of central London, comes into operation.
- 27 February
March
- 12 March – Iraq disarmament crisis: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair proposes an amendment to the possible 18th U.N. resolution, which would call for Iraq to meet certain benchmarks to prove that it was disarming. The amendment is immediately rejected by France, who promises to veto any new resolution.
- 15 March – Comic actress Dame Thora Hird dies in a nursing home in London, aged 91, less than a year after her final appearance on BBC Radio.
- 18 March – Parliament votes to approve an invasion of Iraq.
- 20 March – 2003 Iraq war: Land troops from United Kingdom join troops from the United States, Australia and Poland in the invasion of Iraq.
- 22 March – Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Royal Navy submarines take part in a massive air and missile strike on military targets in Baghdad.
- End – First arrest of a British-based terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, in Operation CREVICE.[7]
April
- 6 April – British forces capture the city of Basra during the invasion of Iraq.
- 8 April – Three men are convicted in relation to a Real IRA campaign that saw bombs explode in London and Birmingham in 2001. Two others have already admitted plotting to cause explosions as part of the same campaign.[8]
- 9 April – Invasion of Iraq: the Battle of Baghdad, fought with British air support, concludes, ending Saddam Hussein's rule in the country after 24 years in power.[9]
- 21 April – Robert Wardle is appointed Director of the Serious Fraud Office of England and Wales.[10]
- 29 April – Tony Blair holds a one-day summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin mocks the United Kingdom and America's failure to locate weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.[6]
May
- 3 May
- 15 May – The government suspends all flights to and from Kenya after warnings of an imminent al-Qaeda attack.[6]
- 28 May – The UEFA Champions League Final at Old Trafford (home to Manchester United) with AC Milan beating Juventus in a penalty shootout following a goalless draw.
- 29 May – Journalist Andrew Gilligan broadcasts a report on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme stating that the government claimed in its 2002 dossier that Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty-five minutes knowing the claim to be dubious. A political storm ensues. Gilligan has interviewed weapons expert David Kelly.[11]
June
- 14 June
- First Minister for Children appointed, Margaret Hodge.[12]
- The first official Twenty20 cricket matches are played between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup.[13]
- 15 June – The News of the World publishes an article in which Ian Huntley is photographed in his cell at Woodhill Prison. An undercover reporter had got a job in the prison and was employed as Huntley's guard.
- 21 June – The novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released to the public.
- 24 June
- President Vladimir Putin becomes the first Russian head of state to make a state visit to the United Kingdom since Tsar Alexander II in 1874.[14]
- Six members of the Royal Military Police are killed, and eight other soldiers are injured, in Iraq.[6]
- 26 June
July
- 2 July – Chelsea F.C. are bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for a sum of £150,000,000 from current chairman Ken Bates, twenty-one years after he bought the club for £1.[16]
- 15 July – David Kelly appears before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, to answer questions over the information he had given to Andrew Gilligan.
- 18 July – David Kelly is found dead near his home in Oxfordshire – police suspect that he committed suicide.[17]
- 20 July – The BBC confirms that Dr. David Kelly, found dead from a suspected suicide two days earlier, was the main source for a controversial report that sparked a deep rift with the government.[18]
- 27 July – The British-born American actor and comedian Bob Hope dies at his home in California, two months after his hundredth birthday.
- 30 July – Eurostar train number 3313/14 sets a new speed record at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
August
- 1 August – The Hutton Inquiry into the recent death of weapons expert Dr. David Kelly, chaired by judge Lord Hutton, opens,[19] beginning to take evidence on 11 August.[17]
- 3 August – Police use the taser for the first time.[14]
- 10 August – Brogdale, near Faversham, enters the UK Weather Records for the highest ever recorded temperature of 38.5 °C, a record which holds until July 2019. The 2003 European heat wave makes this the United Kingdom's hottest summer for thirteen years.[20]
September
October
- 24 October – Supersonic aircraft Concorde makes its final commercial flights after twenty-seven years.[22]
- 29 October – Iain Duncan-Smith resigns after serving just two years as Leader of the Conservative Party.[23]
November
- 4 November – Channel 4's soap opera Brookside, on air since the station was launched in 1982, ends after 21 years.
- 6 November – 2003 Conservative Party leadership election: Michael Howard is elected unopposed as Leader of the Conservative Party, a post he will hold for two years.
- 8 November – Sophie, Countess of Wessex gives birth to her and Prince Edward's first child, a baby girl.[24]
- 16 November – David Davis, the new Shadow Home Secretary, calls for a return of the death penalty for murderers found guilty of the most horrific murders; citing Moors murderer Ian Brady and Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe as criminals whose crimes would meet the criteria.[25]
- 18 November
- United States President George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive protests.[26]
- Passage of the Local Government Act 2003 including the repeal in England, Northern Ireland and Wales of controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 which prevented local authorities from "promoting homosexuality". Section 28 had already been repealed in Scotland since 2000.
- 20 November
- Several bombs explode in Istanbul, Turkey at several British targets. The Turkish head office of HSBC and the British consulate are destroyed and the British Consul-General, Roger Short is killed.[27]
- Criminal Justice Act 2003 passed, permitting waiver of the rule against double jeopardy in certain serious cases.
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 passed, superseding the Act of 1956 with more specific and explicit wording, also creating several new offences.
- 22 November – England are rugby world champions after defeating Australia 20–17 after extra time.[28]
- 24 November – The High Court in Glasgow imposes a minimum sentence of 27 years for Al Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
- 25 November – Serial killer Anthony Hardy, of Camden, is jailed for life at the Old Bailey for murdering three women. The dismembered remains of two victims were found in a pub bin in December 2002.[29]
- 26 November – The final Concorde flight touches down in Filton, Bristol where it is welcomed by the Duke of York.
December
- 9 December – The M6 Toll motorway opens, giving the United Kingdom its first toll motorway and providing a northern by-pass for the congested section of the M6 motorway through the West Midlands conurbation.[30]
- 10 December
- 12 December – Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones receives a knighthood from the Prince of Wales (now Charles III).[14]
- 16 December – The Government announces plans to build a new runway at Stansted Airport in Essex and a short-haul runway at Heathrow Airport sparking anger from environmentalist groups.
- 17 December – Ian Huntley is found guilty of the Soham Murders and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey. A High Court judge will later decide on the minimum number of the years that he will have to serve before being considered for parole. His ex-girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice and receives a jail term of three-and-a-half years, but she will be freed on licence (under a new identity to protect her from reprisal attacks) in May 2004 as she has already served sixteen months on remand.[36] Home Secretary David Blunkett orders an inquiry into how the police vetting system failed to prevent Huntley from getting a job in a school after it is revealed at the end of his trial that he had been suspected in the past of crimes including underage sex, rape, indecent assault and burglary.[37]
Undated
- 153,065 divorces this year.
- Sales of the DVD home video format take the largest share of the UK home video market for the first time. The format, first launched in the UK in June 1998, accounts for more than 70% of home video sales this year as the VHS format's popularity falls and many new titles are not being released on it.[38]
- New car sales reach a record high this year of nearly 2,600,000, with the Ford Focus enjoying its fifth successive year as the United Kingdom's best-selling new car. BMW sales also reach a record high, with the BMW 3 Series managing well over 60,000 sales as the UK's ninth best-selling car. Sales of Vauxhall, Peugeot, Renault and Volkswagen cars remain strong as well, while Nissan also enjoys an increase in sales largely due to the popularity of its new version of the Micra.
Publications
Births
- 26 February – Levi Colwill, footballer
- 2 March – Eloise Taylor, second daughter of Lady Helen Taylor and Timothy Taylor
- 30 March – Lara Wollington, actress
- 4 April – Harvey Elliott, footballer
- 12 May – Madeleine McCann, abductee
- 14 June – Yasha Asley, mathematical prodigy
- 29 June – Jude Bellingham, footballer
- 9 July – Conor Bradley, footballer
- 18 July – Lucy Hutchinson, actress
- 25 September – Alexander Aze, actor
- 25 September – Bella Ramsey, actress
- 3 October – Callum Doyle, footballer
- 13 October – Shoaib Bashir, cricketer
- 20 October – Carney Chukwuemeka, footballer
- 8 November – Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie (then Earl and Countess of Wessex; now Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh)
- 9 December – Chris Sze, Malaysian footballer
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Cyril Shaps, actor (born 1923)
- 2 January – Bill Shelton, Conservative politician (born 1929)
- 4 January – Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (born 1923)
- 5 January
- 6 January
- 8 January – Ron Goodwin, composer (born 1925)
- 9 January
- 11 January – Anthony Havelock-Allan, film producer (born 1904)
- 12 January
- Maurice Gibb, musician and singer-songwriter (born 1949); died in the United States of America
- Alan Nunn May, physicist and Soviet spy (born 1911)
- 13 January – Elisabeth Croft, actress (born 1907)
- 14 January
- 16 January – Chris Mead, ornithologist (born 1940)
- 18 January – Gavin Lyall, novelist (born 1932)
- 20 January – David Battley, actor (born 1935)
- 22 January – Peter Russell, poet (born 1921); died in Italy
- 26 January
February
- 2 February – Jack Lauterwasser, racing cyclist (fall) (born 1904)
- 3 February – Trevor Morris, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City) (born 1920)
- 4 February – Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway, horticulturalist and industrialist (born 1913)
- 6 February
- 7 February
- 9 February
- 11 February – Marc Iliffe, strongman (suicide) (born 1972)
- 12 February
- 14 February
- Nick Duncombe, rugby union player (born 1982)
- Dolly the Sheep, cloned sheep (born 1996)
- 15 February – Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, judge (born 1907)
- 16 February – Philip John Gardner, World War II soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (born 1914)
- 18 February
- 21 February – Eddie Thomson, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian) (born 1947)
- 23 February – Christopher Hill, historian (born 1912)
- 27 February – John Lanchbery, composer (born 1923); died in Australia
- 28 February – Chris Brasher, athlete, co-founder of the London Marathon (born 1928)
March
- 1 March – Roger Needham, computer scientist (born 1935)
- 2 March
- 8 March – Adam Faith, actor and singer (born 1940)
- 10 March
- 11 March
- 13 March – Ian Samwell, musician and singer-songwriter (born 1937)
- 15 March – Dame Thora Hird, comic actress (born 1911)
- 17 March
- 22 March – Terry Lloyd, ITN television journalist (killed in Iraq) (born 1952)
- 25 March
- 27 March – Jeremiah Duggan, student (road accident) (born 1980)
- 28 March – Sir Kenneth Porter, air marshal (born 1912)
- 29 March – Maude Storey, nurse (born 1930)
- 30 March – Andy Barr, Northern Irish communist and trade unionist (born 1913)
April
- 1 April – Richard Caddel, poet (born 1949)
- 4 April – Billy McPhail, Scottish footballer (born 1928)
- 5 April – Beti Rhys, Welsh author and bookseller (born 1908)
- 7 April – David Greene, television and film director (born 1921)
- 11 April
- 14 April – Bob Evans, Welsh rugby union player (born 1921)
- 16 April
- 17 April
- 18 April – Edgar F. Codd, computer scientist (born 1923)
- 20 April – Johnny Douglas, musician and composer (born 1920)
- 22 April – Berkeley Smith, broadcaster (born 1918)
- 23 April – Guy Mountfort, advertising executive and ornithologist (born 1905)
- 25 April
- 26 April – Edward Max Nicholson, environmentalist (born 1904)
- 29 April – Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray, Scottish peer (born 1931)
- 30 April – Jennifer d'Abo, entrepreneur (born 1945)
May
- 2 May
- 3 May – Lucy Barfield, goddaughter of C. S. Lewis and eponym for Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia (born 1935)
- 4 May
- 5 May – Philip Powell, architect (born 1921)
- 6 May
- 9 May – Sir George Grenfell-Baines, architect and town planner (born 1908)
- 11 May
- 12 May
- 13 May – Theo Aronson, royal biographer (born 1929)
- 14 May – Dame Wendy Hiller, actress (born 1912)
- 15 May – Sir Desmond Dreyer, admiral (born 1910)
- 18 May – Peter Lasko, German-born art historian (born 1924)
- 23 May – Dame Diana Collins, human rights activist and wife of Canon John Collins (born 1917)
- 24 May – Rachel Kempson, actress and wife of Sir Michael Redgrave (born 1910)
- 29 May
- 30 May – John Roberts, historian (born 1928)
June
- 1 June – Peter Yarranton, rugby union player and manager (born 1924)
- 3 June
- Sir Anthony Barrowclough, lawyer and government ombudsman (born 1924)
- John Jympson, film editor (born 1930)
- 6 June – Dave Rowberry, singer-songwriter and pianist (The Animals) (born 1940)
- 7 June
- 8 June – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (born 1940)
- 10 June
- 13 June – Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, peer (born 1940)
- 15 June
- 16 June – Peter Redgrove, poet (born 1932)
- 17 June – Paul Hirst, sociologist and political theorist (born 1946)
- 18 June
- 19 June
- 26 June
- 27 June – John Stokes, Conservative politician (born 1917)
July
- 1 July – George Roper, comedian (born 1934)
- 3 July – Sir Charles Tidbury, brewing executive (born 1926)
- 6 July
- 7 July – Paul Brand, doctor and surgeon (born 1914)
- 9 July – Valerie Gearon, actress (born 1937)
- 10 July
- 11 July – Ken Whyld, chess player and chess writer (born 1926)
- 15 July
- 17 July
- Pat Fillingham, test pilot for the de Havilland company (born 1914)
- Dr. David Kelly, government weapons expert (born 1944); suspected suicide
- 20 July – Nicolas Freeling, novelist (born 1927)
- 22 July – Norman Lewis, travel writer (born 1908)
- 25 July – John Schlesinger, film director (born 1926)
- 27 July – Bob Hope, comedian (born 1903)
- 29 July – Sir Gerard Vaughan, psychiatrist and politician (born 1923)
- 30 July
August
September
- 1 September
- 2 September
- 3 September – Norman Porteous, theologian and last surviving British Army officer of World War I (born 1898)
- 4 September – Ben Aris, actor (born 1937)
- 5 September – C. H. Sisson, writer and poet (born 1914)
- 9 September
- 12 September – Brian Plummer, writer and dog breeder (born 1936)
- 13 September – Arthur Rowe, Olympic shot putter (born 1936)
- 15 September – Jack Brymer, clarinettist (born 1915)
- 17 September
- 19 September – Jim Thompson, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1991–2001) (born 1936)
- 20 September
- 22 September
- 24 September – Derek Prince, Biblical scholar (born 1915)
- 25 September – Donald Nicol, Byzantinist (born 1923)
- 26 September
October
- 3 October – Winifred Watkins, biochemist (born 1924)
- 4 October – Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, first woman Lord Mayor of London (born 1921)
- 5 October – Denis Quilley, actor (born 1927)
- 6 October
- 10 October
- 11 October
- 13 October – Anne Ziegler, soprano (born 1910)
- 14 October – Patrick Dalzel-Job, World War II naval commando (born 1913)
- 17 October – Clare Venables, theatre director (born 1943)
- 19 October – Sir Peter Berger, admiral, survivor of the Amethyst Incident (born 1925)
- 20 October – Peter Morgan, motor-car maker (Morgan Motor Company) (born 1919)
- 21 October – John Walter Baxter, civil engineer and designer of London's Westway (born 1917)
- 23 October
- 25 October – Noreen Branson, Communist activist (born 1910)
- 27 October – Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, food writer (born 1915)
- 31 October – Daphne Hardy Henrion, sculptor (born 1917)
November
- 1 November
- 2 November – Christabel Bielenberg, author (born 1909)
- 4 November
- 7 November – Foo Foo Lammar, drag queen (born 1937)
- 11 November
- 14 November
- Giles Gordon, Scottish writer and literary agent (born 1940)
- Tim Vigors, World War II air ace and horse breeder (born 1921)
- 19 November
- 20 November
- 23 November – Patricia Burke, singer and actress (born 1917)
- 26 November – Gordon Reid, actor (born 1939)
- 27 November – Marjorie Reeves, historian and educationalist (born 1905)
- 28 November – Ted Bates, footballer and football manager (Southampton) (born 1918)
- 29 November – Jesse Carver, footballer and football manager (Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United) (born 1911)
December
- 1 December – Hamza Alvi, Pakistani-born sociologist and activist (born 1921)
- 2 December – Alan Davidson, food writer (born 1924)
- 3 December – David Hemmings, actor and film director (born 1941)
- 4 December – David Vaughan, psychedelic artist (born 1944)
- 5 December – Antony Rowe, rower (born 1924)
- 11 December – Malcolm Clarke, composer (born 1943)
- 15 December
- 17 December – Alan Tilvern, actor and voice artist (born 1918)
- 18 December
- 19 December – Les Tremayne, actor (born 1913)
- 21 December – Sir Gawaine Baillie, race car driver, industrialist and stamp collector (born 1934)
- 22 December – Rose Hill, actress and soprano (born 1914)
- 23 December – John Sanders, organist and composer (born 1933)
- 27 December – Sir Alan Bates, actor (born 1934)
- 28 December – John Terraine, military historian (born 1921)
- 29 December
See also
Notes and References
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- Web site: The bungled raid that left a policeman face to face with an al-Qa'eda assassin. Nigel. Bunyan. 13 April 2005. The Daily Telegraph.
- News: 2003: Solicitor cleared of killing sons. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 29 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080201140345/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/29/newsid_3412000/3412647.stm. 1 February 2008. live.
- News: 2003: 'Shoe bomber' jailed for life. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 30 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125233/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/30/newsid_4081000/4081741.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: Driver who killed girl after life ban is jailed for nine years. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/driver-who-killed-girl-after-life-ban-is-jailed-for-nine-years-596283.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription. The Independent. London. 31 January 2003.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 653–656.
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- Web site: Men guilty of dissident bomb plot . BBC News . 11 September 2023 . 8 April 2003.
- Web site: 2003: Saddam statue topples with regime. 9 April 2003. BBC News.
- Web site: Press release on his appointment . 28 June 2022 . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721094006/http://www.sfo.gov.uk/press-room/latest-press-releases/press-releases-2003/new-sfo-director---robert-wardle.aspx . dead .
- Book: Wells, Matt. Rogers. Simon. The Hutton Inquiry and Its Impact. 2004. Politico's Guardian Books. London. 978-1-84275-106-0. The Story of the Story. 28–41.
- Charles Clarke Welcomes Margaret Hodge as Minister for Children. Department for Children, Schools and Families. 13 June 2003. 28 January 2011.
- Web site: Matches Played 13 June 2003. Cricinfo. 2009. 14 June 2012.
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- News: Russian businessman buys Chelsea . BBC News . 2 July 2003 . 18 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090124023952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3036838.stm . 24 January 2009 . live.
- News: 2003: Missing Iraq expert – body found. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 18 July 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125023/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/18/newsid_3430000/3430065.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: BBC admits Kelly was 'main source' . BBC News. 6 January 2008 . 20 July 2003.
- News: Hutton inquiry begins. BBC News. 6 January 2008. 1 August 2003.
- News: 2003: Britain swelters in record heat. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 10 August 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125250/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/10/newsid_3910000/3910801.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
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- News: 2003: End of an era for Concorde. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 24 October 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/24/newsid_3701000/3701490.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: 2003: Tory Party leader resigns. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 29 October 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/29/newsid_3722000/3722714.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: 2003: Royal baby born prematurely. BBC News. 18 March 2009. 8 November 2003.
- News: Tories' Davis backs death penalty . BBC News . 16 November 2003. 9 June 2011 .
- News: 2003: High security as Bush visits UK. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 18 November 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_4141000/4141126.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: 2003: British targets bombed in Istanbul . BBC News. 13 February 2008 . 20 November 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125327/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_3746000/3746382.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: 2003: England win Rugby World Cup . BBC News. 13 February 2008 . 22 November 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125056/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_3747000/3747398.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- Web site: Man given life for triple murder . BBC News . 11 September 2023 . 25 November 2003.
- Web site: M6 Toll road opens. 9 December 2003. BBC News.
- Web site: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2003. 27 January 2008.
- Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003. 27 January 2008.
- Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003. 27 January 2008.
- News: 2003: Mother cleared of murdering babies. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 10 December 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125301/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10/newsid_3762000/3762944.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- Web site: Finding CPR/HICP Date. Office for National Statistics. 2010. 6 January 2011.
- News: 2003: Ian Huntley guilty of Soham murders. BBC News. 13 February 2008. 17 December 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/17/newsid_3985000/3985667.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
- News: Blunkett launches Huntley inquiry. 18 March 2009. BBC News. 17 December 2003.
- Web site: 10 years on and the DVD is still going strong British Video Association . 29 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000001/http://www.bva.org.uk/news-press-releases/10-years-and-dvd-still-going-strong . 31 December 2013 . dead.
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